Friday, January 4, 2013

Detroit

DYING DETROIT—for Barrett WattenIDetroit is dyingPoets demand limits IIPoets are tragedy queens Drearie dearie diaristsIIIDetroit is a Dead DuckThe poets fleeVIIDetroit was the Big ThreeIt stood for StyleVIIIWorn out Theaters perishMoonlight in the ruinsXVIIIDetroit ceases to existDesign has lost its touchXXDead cities lose informationEveryday words get lostXXIDetroit was an accidentWaiting to happenXXIIA single style isn’t revolutionEven Cadillacs go outta styleXXIVHenry Ford was a genuine Greedy Asshole GeniusXXVDetroit buries its deadTechnology six feet underXXVITechnology was a churchBut the choir flew the coop XXIXNarrative leads to deathReaders are slave laborersXXXParataxis prepares the wayCoincidence runs parallelXXXIThe Big Three a false motifOnce it ruled Detroit USAXXXIIDecay motivates constructionIntuition reconstructs itself againXXXIIIThe Boot on the FaceA New World Order styleXXXVITechnology is falling apartJust like the movie “Brazil”XXVIITechnology in getting betterJust like the movie ”1984”XXXVIIIThird Worlds are convincingJust look at the ghost mallsXXXIXSeries stick to the UnexpectedStorylines synch in a chainXLIIStyle sinks into the sewerThe Third Man lives down thereXLIIIAll the movie palaces vanishAll the classic hotels disappearXLIVCadillacs used to be classyLincolns used to be JacquelineXLVIndifference takes overEnnui becomes lifestyleXLVIProgress loses perspectiveDetroit becomes a relic XLVIIThere are no Cities leftThere’s No Escape From DetroitXLVIIIGuttenberg breaks downPrint culture swansongXLIXOld narratives become staticNeo Narratives go SurréalismeLWriters try to disappearBut language won’t let them